Nickelodeon, occasionally shortened to Nick, is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through Paramount Media Networks’ subdivision, Nickelodeon Group. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, the channel is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its program blocks.
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is a state-owned public media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. As of 2022, Mediacorp employs over 3,000 staff in total with a larger part of them are in both public and private sector broadcasting.
Treehouse TV is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel for kids that was launched in 1997. Its name comes from sister network YTV's former kids block, "The Treehouse". The channel is owned by YTV Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. Having launched on November 1, 1997, it is the first ever full-day kids-oriented TV channel in Canada and the whole world.
Television in Singapore began on 15 February 1963. The public broadcaster, MediaCorp TV, has a monopoly on terrestrial television channels and is fully owned by government holding company Temasek Holdings. Local pay TV operators are StarHub TV and Singtel TV. The private ownership of satellite dishes was previously forbidden.
Channel 5 is an English-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore, owned by state media conglomerate Mediacorp. The channel primarily airs general entertainment and news programming in the English language.
Channel 8 is a Singaporean Mandarin-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore, owned by state media conglomerate Mediacorp. The channel broadcasts general entertainment and news programming in the Mandarin language, including original and imported programming.
CNA, which is an initialism derived from its previous name, Channel NewsAsia, is a Singaporean multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate. CNA broadcasts free-to-air domestically in Singapore, and internationally as a pay television channel to 29 territories across the Asia-Pacific.
On 31 December 2004, MediaCorp and SPH MediaWorks agreed to merge effective the following day. The merger is no longer in effect on 29 September 2017, when SPH divested from Mediacorp.
Central was a Singaporean English and Tamil language free-to-air television channel. Its programming schedule was composed of three timeshared channels on its frequency slot: Kids Central, Vasantham Central and Arts Central.
Suria is a Malay-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore, owned by state media conglomerate Mediacorp. The channel broadcasts general entertainment and news programming in the Malay language, including original programming, and imported programmes from Malaysia and Indonesia.
Daisy Irani is an Singaporean television actress, director, and producer who migrated from India.
The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Republic of Singapore.
Vasantham is a Tamil-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore, owned by state media conglomerate Mediacorp. The channel broadcasts entertainment and news programming targeting the Singaporean Indian community.
Oli 968 is an infotainment radio station in the Tamil language owned by Mediacorp playing for the Indian community in Singapore offering the latest Tamil songs, regional Indian songs, local and international news, lifestyle features and Indian contemporary and classical hits of 24 hours a day. It used to be the only station in Singapore where all of its shows were presenter-led, especially during the early hours. This has since changed as it airs non-stop music and podcasts of earlier aired programs after 1:00am on weekdays while non-stop music airs uninterrupted on weekends.
Janani D/O Madhavan is a Singaporean Tamil-language soap opera that aired on MediaCorp Vasantham from 11 July 2014 to 31 October 2014 for 17 episodes. The show starred Shabir and Sanchala. It was produced by Divya Anjan and was directed and written by Jaya Rathakrishnanby.
Kannaadi Pookkal is a 2016 Singaporean Tamil-language soap opera starring Nithiyia Rao, Varman Chandra Mohan and Shafinah Banu. It aired on MediaCorp Vasantham. from 29 August 2016 to 27 October 2016 on Monday and Thursday at 10:30 SST for 33 episodes.
Rayil Sneham is an Indian Tamil-language travel series focusing on China. Each episode highlights the history, culture, architecture and wildlife of China. This 3 season series has all the original footage. It is hosted by Nithiya Rao. It aired every Tuesday at 9:00 PM SST on MediaCorp Vasantham from 18 October 2016 to 10 January 2017 for 13 episodes.
Alaipayuthey is a 2017 Singaporean Tamil-language soap opera starring A. Panneeirchelvam, Puravalan Narayanasamy, Jenani, Jayaganesh, Magalakshmi Sudarsanan, Brendon Kuah, Rubini and Vimala Velu. It aired every Monday through Thursday at 10:30PM (SST) on MediaCorp Vasantham from 16 January 2017 to 30 March 2017 for 43 episodes. It replaced Masala. The show's final one-hour episode aired Thursday 30 March 2017 at 10:00 PM SST.
meWatch is a Singaporean digital video on demand service wholly owned by Mediacorp. It was launched on 1 February 2013 as an over-the-top media service and an entertainment and lifestyle website Toggle.
Groom My Room is a Singaporean home renovation television game show series produced by Mediacorp and aired on Kids Central in the series premiere in 2005, then Okto between seasons five and nine, and Channel 5 beginning season ten. The show focuses on a bedroom renovation for a contestant, aged between 7 and 13, under a given budget and time for a bonus prize.
